George Barfoot photograph collection

George Barfoot photograph collection, 1950-1952

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Barfoot, George
Title: George Barfoot photograph collection
Dates: 1950-1952 (inclusive)
19501952
Quantity: .2 linear feet, (1 archives box) : 163 items
Collection Number: P0819
Summary: The George Barfoot photograph collection consists of slides taken by George Barfoot documenting a trip down Glen Canyon in 1952.
Repository: University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions: Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Languages: English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Dr. George R. Barfoot was a prominent obstetrician in Phoenix, Arizona; an amateur geologist; and an avid outdoorsman. The bulk of slides included in this collection were taken on a Phoenix YMCA trip in Glen Canyon during mid-August of 1952, led by Dr. Barfoot. The trip started at Hite and continued down the river to Lee's Ferry. The slides have been organized according to Dr. Barfoot's diary, and all descriptions in this register were written on each individual slide by Dr. Barfoot. The handwritten daily diary of the trip was transcribed by Dr. Barfoot's secretary into the typewritten account. A photo copy of the diary is located in folder 5 of this collection, along with a letter explaining the origins of this collection. Click here to access the digitized images.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Processing Note

Processed by Kristi Pace in 2000.

Separated Materials

See also the George Barfoot papers (ACCN 1799) located in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.

Related Materials

This collection forms part of the Utah River Running Archive, which is part of the S.J. Quinney Outdoor Recreation Archive

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
1	1	Outskirts of Blanding - Bert Loper's Cabin, 40 35mm color slides 1: Outskirts of Blanding 2: Map drawn by Barfoot of the Four Corner's Area 3: Map drawn by Barfoot of Glen Canyon Detail 4: Map drawn by Barfoot of Hite's Landing, White Canyon, Red Canyon, Loper's Cabin, and Bear's Ear 5: Approaching Bears Ear 6: White Canyon Trading Post 7: Boys look around a bit, Lower White Canyon 8: Boys overlook arches scenery 9-10: Arches country 11: Gong at Hite's Crossing, Chaffin's Ferry 12: Mr. Chaffin's ferry, Hite, Utah 13: Fastening Deck 14: River just below Hite's ferry 15: Lower White Canyon, Henry Mountains 16: Drift past old mining installation, about 12-15 miles below Hite 17: Bert Loper's cabin 18: Bert Loper's cabin, irrigation lift 19: Trees, sand bar, slit of a canyon wall, down Glen Canyon 20: Is that a boat over on that bar?!! 21: New vistas every minute, Upper Glen Canyon 22-24: Upper Glen Canyon 25: Upper Glen Canyon, canyon walls gradually deepen 26: Upper Glen Canyon, late afternoon 27: Mid Glen Canyon, above Rincon, shallow water, wide and slow river 28: Nice riffle above the Rincon 29-30: Riffle above the Rincon 31: The Rincon-upwarp (circle cliffs upwarp) here exposes painted desert (chinle) formation 32: Just above Escalante mouth 33: Mouth of the Escalante, north shore (note "Bullfrog") 34: Mouth of Escalante 35: Mid Glen Canyon, drifting just below Escalante 36: Diving exhibition, mid-Glen Canyon 37: Map drawn by Barfoot of Hole in Rock detail 38-39: Hole in Rock 40: Hole in the Rock, above-switchbacks below
1	2	Hole in the Rock - Hidden Canyon 41: Bob Kenyon, Ray day at Hole in Rock spring 42: Boys on a rock, Hole in Rock 43: One jumps off, Hole in Rock 44: Plaque at Hole in Rock (missing) 45: Locking up river, over Hole in Rock camp 46: View of river from switchbacks at Hole in the Rock 47: Hole in Rock switchbacks toward river 48: Glen Canyon near Hole in the Rock 49: Leaving (down river) Hole in Rock 50: Just below Hole in Rock, note grade of old Mormon road up bluff 51: Map drawn by Barfoot of mid-Glen Canyon detail 52: Map drawn by Barfoot of Narrow Canyon, Music Temple 53: Middle Glen Canyon, Narrow Canyon 54-55: Mouth of Narrow Canyon 56: Narrow Canyon, Mile 76 57-59: Narrow Canyon 60: Music Temple, time exposed 61: Navajo Mountain from Colorado River, west aspect, about mile 72, below Music Temple, above Aztec Canyon 62: Echo Camp, resting 63: Echo Camp, chow 64-65: Echo Camp, corral 66: Echo Camp, chow time 67: Note geologic layers 68: Vertical striping 69: Mealtime 70: GRB in "old shady" August 18, 1952 71-77: Aztec Canyon 78: Aztec Canyon, only 2 boats 79: Hidden Canyon, Glen Canyon 80: unidentified cliff dwellings
1	3	Navajo Mountain - Lower Glen Canyon 81: duplicate of number 80 82: unidentified cliff dwellings 83: Side Canyon off Glen Canyon 84: Falls 85: Navajo Mountain, about mile 72 86: Monument Valley, August, 1955 87: Navajo Mountain from mid-Glen Canyon, possibly looking back at Henry 88: Past mid-Glen Canyon 89: Time to relax, past mid-Glen Canyon 90: Rainbow Bridge from trail, Navajo Mountain in background 91: Narrows, lower Bridge Canyon 92: Map drawn by Barfoot of Rainbow Bridge detail 93: Map drawn by Barfoot of formation of Rainbow Bridge 94: Rainbow Bridge, conventional view 95-99: Rainbow Bridge 100: Rainbow Bridge, belly view 101: Rainbow Bridge, looking up 102-103: Rainbow Bridge, reflection in pool 104: Rainbow Bridge, north side from creek, not boys 105: Rainbow Bridge from south side 106: Rainbow Bridge register 107: Beneath Rainbow Bridge registry 108: Plaque beneath Rainbow Bridge 109: Near Elvado Delos Padres 110: Vistas, lower Glen Canyon 111-119: Lower Glen Canyon
1	4	Lower Glen Canyon - Cable Car near Marble Canyon 121: Boat scene, lower Glen Canyon 122: Pumping exercises 123: What's trump? Who's a tramp? 124: Nice spring here, lower Glen Canyon 125: Drifting down the river on a lazy afternoon, lower Glen Canyon 126: Wish we could find those boats! 127: And then there were 3! 128: It must be Arizona up ahead 129: Lower Glen Canyon, sidewalls start to steepen 130-131: Last 10 miles, Glen Canyon 132: Riffle, lower Glen Canyon 133: Approaching Lee's Ferry, Colorado River 134: Crossing Colorado to river level on lower cable way, raining 135: 2 way down side of Marble Canyon cable way 136: Mile 15, dam site, USBR, Glen Canyon 137: At Marble Canyon dam site 138: Colorado River, Marble Canyon dam site 139: Marble Canyon, from ledge near dam site 140: Cove, Marble Canyon, from motor boat below Marble Canyon dam site 141: Looking up Marble Canyon from desert view, Grand Canyon and Colorado Chiquito in foreground 142: Little Colorado, Shadow Mountain, Marble Platform 143: Petrified Wood, Marble Platform 144: Petrified log, Marble Platform near Gap 145: Petrified log on desert near Gap 146-162: cable and cable car, late summer, 1952 163: unidentified woman and child in a canyon
1	5	Barfoot's daily diary and a letter, photocopies 164: George Barfoot's daily diary of the trip down the river, 44 pages photocopied 165: Letter from Michael St. Clair to Richard Ingebresten of the Glen Canyon Institute, 3 pages photocopied

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Subject Terms

Rafting (Sports)--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Photographs
Rivers--Recreational use--Utah--Photographs

Geographical Names

Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.)--Photographs

Form or Genre Terms

Slides--Color

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